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Glyphosate & AMPA have been found in South African staple foods, including baby cereal! Some levels exceeded legal limits. This means continuous, involuntary exposure for millions, particularly the vulnerable. ACB demands a national ban! t2m.io/Glyphosate-cal… #GlyphosateMustGo

ACB presented at @SAHRCommission national investigative hearing into SA’s food systems on: Systemic failures in SA’s pesticide and GMO regulatory framework: implications for Constitutional rights. youtube.com/watch?v=MGJdAH… #FoodInquiry

WATCH LIVE (4PM): Colette Solomons (Women on Farms Project) & Judge Navi Pillay address European Parliament on the human rights impacts of highly hazardous pesticides in South Africa. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… #BanHHPs #HumanRights #FarmworkersRights

Ban Terbufos now! No loopholes. No derogations. No phase-out. The SA People’s Tribunal on Agrotoxins backs the urgent ban on Terbufos — an extremely hazardous pesticide. Continued use violates rights to life, health, and children’s safety: acbio.org.za/corporate-expa… #BanTerbufos

"Chronic pesticide exposure is a ‘silent pandemic’ of neurodevelopmental harm in South Africa. The current regulatory system, designed for adults, fails to protect children from cumulative, low-level exposure," Paola Viglietti in Daily Maverick: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-0…

Fact sheet 5 in our GBF-aligned NBSAPs series exposes drivers of agri pollution & urgent actions African governments must take. Civil society has a critical role; together we can demand the just agroecological transition we need: t2m.io/GBF-NBSAPs-fac… #COP17 @environmentza

Africa’s rapidly expanding digital ecosystem has material, environmental, and socio-political impacts. Our new fact sheet series on digital infrastructure in Africa exposes the realities of digitalisation and unpacks the power relations behind it: acbio.org.za/corporate-expa…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 || 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟮𝟬 - 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼 𝗝𝗿. The Digital Battle for Africa’s Farms: Resistance vs Big Tech In this episode of The Battle for African Agriculture, Dr. Million Belay speaks with Edward Ongweso Jr. @bigblackjacobin writer, editor, tech critic, and co-host of This Machine Kills, about biodigitization and the political economy behind digital technologies entering agriculture. Edward explains that technologies are never neutral or inevitable. They are shaped by political and historical conditions and by the interests of those who finance them. Using examples from insulin development to Uber’s restructuring of labor markets, he argues that what appears as innovation is often the outcome of corporate strategy and political lobbying rather than pure scientific progress. Turning to agriculture, Edward describes “digitization” as a term companies use when what they often mean is privatization by another route. He warns that biodigitization can subject land, ecosystems, and farming practices to a logic of quantification, surveillance, and transaction, where corporations seek to extract maximum value. When agriculture falls “under the thumb of large corporations,” he says, everyone but the corporation loses. From Monsanto’s seed lawsuits to platform lock-in through data control, intellectual property law, and debt, he outlines how dependency and enclosure make it extremely difficult for farmers to exit once they are absorbed into such systems. Yet Edward ends on a note of cautious hope. He expresses more optimism about resistance in Africa than in the United States, arguing that local resistance can “pack a bigger punch.” He urges vigilance as tech firms promote AI and biodigital solutions, warning that Silicon Valley has a long history of using crises and vulnerable regions as experimental grounds. At the same time, he insists that if communities, farmers, and movements build sustained resistance and demand democratic control over technology, including over data, infrastructure, and governance, then alternative futures remain possible. Listen to the full conversation YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=uItVLB… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4lfSDa… Apple Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Fact sheet 4 in our series which speaks to prep of GBF-aligned NBSAPs, looks at Target 4. To halt species extinction & protect genetic diversity will mean support for in situ & ex situ conservation of PGRFA. t2m.io/GBF_NBSAPs_fac… #COP17 @environmentza

Fact sheet 3 in our GBF-aligned NBSAPs series focuses on Target 3: conserve 30% of all land, waters, and seas by 2023, thereby contributing to conserving half of the Earth by 2025. To meet this target, it is necessary to decolonise protected areas. t2m.io/GBF_NBSAPs_fac…

The Buenos Aires justice system issues temporary ban on HB4 GMO wheat, prioritizing the protection of the natural world. The judge mentions in the ruling that the #GMO wheat company Bioceres could cause irreversible harm to people and the environment. eldiariodetandil.com/nota-prohiben-…

In fact sheet 2 of our GBF-aligned NBSAPs series, we focus on Target 2, which aims to ensure that by 2030, at least 30% of areas of degraded terrestrial, inland water, and marine and coastal ecosystems are under effective restoration: t2m.io/GBF_NBSAPs_fac…

After extensive campaigning by @SAagrotoxins & UnPoison SA, Cabinet approved a ban on Terbufos in June 2025. Min of Agri now delaying the ban, proposing it only take effect from 28 Feb 2026. Terbufos is linked to deaths of children in SA. mg.co.za/the-green-guar… #BanTerbufos

New book, A Matriarchal Ecology: Indigenous Women’s Environmental Activism in Venda, explores how women of Dzomo La Mupo are reclaiming their eco-cultural roles, protecting sacred natural sites & food sovereignty: unisapress.africa/index.php/unis… #seedsovereignty #foodsovereignty

Media Statement: SAHRC to hold a National Investigative hearing into the food systems of South Africa sahrc.org.za/index.php/sahr…

“Casablanca – Dakar asks what happens when borders close suddenly; Seed is Life reminds us that for many Africans, they never truly opened in the first place.” @chukwu2big reviews “Casablanca – Dakar” and “Seed Is Life” from TSWA Film Festival 2025⬇️ afrocritik.com/casablanca-dak…

In this podcast teaser, we hear ACB’s legal victory against Monsanto/ SA gov, which rendered approval for cultivation of alleged drought-tolerant GM maize trait null and void, is one of several similar successful court cases around the world: youtu.be/_vAI84gCY7o #noGMOs

In this podcast clip, Dr Hilbeck notes the data submitted by Monsanto was so minimal, it fell far short of what is required “to make a robust, science-based claim”, and SA's approval of the GM maize had been a “rubber-stamping” exercise: youtu.be/HAi0Uvn3oWs #noGMOs

In this podcast clip, Dr Sirinathsinji, who provided expert testimony in the ACB’s court case against Monsanto / SA government, explains they found numerous claims of safety not backed by data, sharing examples: youtu.be/SKSVjI76zy4 StopUPOV #seedsovereignty #noGMOs #Monsanto

In this clip from the full podcast, Dr Angelika Hilbeck reflects on the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgement, expressing admiration for how seriously the judges engaged with the hundreds of pages submitted: youtu.be/TUqUiYtiVfY #StopUPOV #seedsovereignty #noGMOs #Monsanto